Since we’re halfway through baseball season, I thought I’d better do our basketball review before it gets totally lost. We’ll always remember this as the year of the ladies in the Ozarks as every state championship game features a team from SW Mo. The Nixa Lady Eagles, Exeter Lady Tigers, and Sparta Lady Trojans each [...]
The teams have all been announced and the teams seeded for the boys side of the inaugural Missouri Challenge May 29th & 30th. The Southwest team is composed entirely of Ozarks players. While the South Central and Southeast teams both have Ozarks players also. St. Louis grabs the top seed, with Kansas City second, and [...]
BASKETBALL
BOYS
Weaubleau Tournament
Championship – Weaubleau 53, Wheatland 43
Consolation – Halfway 64, NE Vernon County 57
Varsity
Richland 71, Dixon 62
Dixon: Jordan Durham – 25 pts
Rogersville 66, Bolivar 54
Bolivar: Preston Guiot – 30 pts, 4 3s
Miller 68, Pierce City 51
Miller: Justin Jack – 21 pts
Pierce City: Dietrick Sooter – 20 pts
Seneca 56, Cassville 41
Seneca: Toby Roelfsema – 28 pts, [...]
CLASS 4
District 9 at Owensville
As far as the Ozarks fans are concerned, this is a dead man walkin’ situation. Salem has struggled all year and I can’t see them even getting one win here.
Helias
Owensville
Eldon
Fulton
St. James
Salem
Prediction: Owensville takes it over Helias
District 10 at Marshfield
A number of Ozarks basketball players were included in the Missouri nominees for the McDonald’s All-American Basketball teams. The next step is the first ballot which will be selected sometime early next month. We’ll keep an eye out to see if any of our Ozarks athletes make the next step. Congratulations to all our nominees
Top 5 Teams By Class
Class 1
Chadwick – It’s not just Shaun Thomas. A healthy supporting cast should get Chadwick back to the playoffs.
Fair Play
Everton
Dadeville
Dora
OK. I’ve told you all about the teams, the conferences, and made predictions for all of them. To wrap up our preview for this year, here’s my picks for district champions, top players, rivalry games, and other games to watch.
DISTRICT CHAMPS & RUNNERS-UP
Class 1
District 3 – Cabool, Marionville, Miller, Thayer
Champ – Miller
Runner-up – [...]